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Yes. I was too and I was shocked at how good the O could function when we were hitting on all cylinders. I remember reading that the game was "… like watching a video game." Exactly. The only time I think I had a better time at a Tech game was when we beat Clemson that year.

Ah; I had quit watching by that time. And, of course, we weren't going to try an FG at this point, right? But why not? They were already way ahead; if we kick it, we at least have a chance for points. (Paul used to do this; that's where my moniker comes from.) That makes two really freaking...

Can't answer that; the internet doesn't go back that far. I'll try to get back to you though; I gotta do something with the extra time.

Here's another. Tech won the Coastal in 2008 (tie), 2009, 2012, and 2014. We were second or tied for second in 2018, 2013, and 2011. Sooooo … for 7 of his 10 years at Tech Paul's teams either won the Coastal outright (4 times) or placed second (3 times). Makes things look a bit different...

Not recently; coaches seem to be sticking with QBs more these days. They used to do it, however, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to do this week. I'm sure, no matter how much happy talk he is getting, that Sims's confidence may be shaken. No reason to make things worse. But, like I said, this is...

Real question = why was a play called instead of punting the ball? I don't care who is at QB, with that down and yardage chances of success are very slim. I mean, I know we weren't stopping them, but they weren't getting monster returns on punts either. I'm pretty sure that Graham didn't make...

I didn't say Graham deserved to start; read the post again. What I said is that, at this stage, I think Sims could benefit from a game on the sidelines. Coaches do that sometimes, especially with frosh QBs who are giving the other side too many scoring opportunities. I'm pretty certain that ND -...

On the contrary, I think the spread option will work at any level. I say this because it is a system offense; if you have the pieces, it works. And the pieces don't have to be like the pieces used in shotgun spread offenses. If Pauls' time told us anything that was it. The real problem he had...

Almost everything I would have said has been said already by Ron. I would only add this: rankings of high school football players are inherently noisy. The people ranking them are (usually) fans attached to particular programs. When the kid expresses an interest in that school, the rater takes a...

Problem = we are well n the road to being just that. The reason we hired Paul was that a) he had recruited at a school with a curriculum as squirrelly as Tech's b) he had been successful in winning despite this and c) he ran a system offense that was successful with the kind of players Tech...

I don't blame Sims for what is going on. Freshmen QBs turn the ball over; it's what they do. We've had one frosh starter at QB in the last 20 years who came through for us: Reg. He was actually pretty good, despite the turnovers. I remember seeing Bobby Bowden talking to him after the classic...

The problem with this analysis is the one with every evaluation system I've ever looked at and I've looked at plenty of them. It assumes that there is a discernible gradation between gross rankings. Is it easy to discern who is a "5 star" player? Sure; they stick out like sore thumbs. It is...

Yesssss. I remember several posts from Temple fans who pointed out that Collins inherited one of the best running teams in the US from Matt Rhule. And said he was going to keep to the formula Rhule had set: run the ball and play good D. And proceeded to put in a pro style shotgun spread that put...

I think this gives the ACC a bit too little credit for bowl picks. They can put the thumb on the scale; they didn't. I think Paul had gotten tired of having to fight negative opinion in the fan base. 2018 is a great example. We lose our starting BB for the second year in a row (Mills doesn't...

My bad. Oth, they are 6 -1 now and became the first team to line up a bowl bid.

Ok, but remember you're on record, just like 92.

And we scored. But … it ain't the same. Army was playing it's 2nd/3rd string in that drive; they played 3 different QBs. One wonders why we weren't doing this from the start. It could be that BC had in the second string by then; they were way ahead. Still, if we started to concentrate more on...

I may not be interpreting what ou said correctly; it isn't clear what had become "very toxic". But I sure don't think there's much evidence that it was the relationship between Paul and his players. No doubt you read the accounts - especially Stansbury's - of the team's reaction to Paul telling...

I bet that if Woody had stayed we would have been better. I watched Army dismantle Mercer yesterday and their D was pretty good, albeit against a lesser opponent. Last year the D was the reason that the Knights won 8 games. Also, his style of D helps alleviate the "Oh, Noes! No monster DTs!"...

Now I know how the Georgia Southern fans felt in the second season after they fired Sewak and hired VanGorder.